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Why do people seem to think WoW is about to die?
mbg1411
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With all honestly unless they make a wow 2 (which they arent) WoW will probable be around for another 7-10 years just as EQ still is. People will quit to go play other games, people will quit other games to come play WoW, others will still make WoW there first mmo. Stop saying the game is dying to do so is ignorance
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WoW is not well liked amongst a certain group of hardcore MMORPG fans, and the desire to see it go away is wishful thinking.
CH, Jedi, Commando, Smuggler, BH, Scout, Doctor, Chef, BE...yeah, lots of SWG time invested.
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No, as I see it, it is much more foolish to createa thread like this here and ask people to 'stop' doing anything.
Many folks love WOW, some wish it a painful death. These are forums, the debate will rage on forever.
Who the hell are you, and why should I care?
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It was a question and a statement. I didnt ask anyone to stop doing anything.
Just for perspective:
~ Ultima Online, still up and running
~ EverQuest, still up and running
~ Asheron's Call, still up and running
Plus lots more older and newer games that continue to keep a small share of the total subscriber base and turn a profit.
World of Warcraft?
No, I don't play anymore, but WoW will around as long as, say, Starcraft or Diablo.
WoW is a solid game and players like it. Development costs have been returned a hundred-fold. And expansions bring in more loot (the real "loot" -- cash money!).
Players in the Far East perhaps love the group/social aspect of hard-core raiding more than North American and European players, making WoW extremely popular in Asia.
(Heh, not to mention all those gold sellers who keep buying accounts and paying subscriptions. LOL! Sorry.
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And, anyway, by about 2012, I expect WoW subscriptions to reach, dunno, like 1 billion people planet-wide.
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WoW die?
Nope, but you are going to continue to see huge drops in the Western population while the asian population continues to grow. You will also see Korean grind games start becoming more and more WoW-like due to WoW's sucsess in Asia. I think the Western WoW population wil be devided between several MMO's.
WAR , AoC, LotRO, and Biowares new MMO.
Huh?
By the way, i agree with you, WoW is not going away in the forseeable future.
But...Huh?
Why in the world would the western player base start to drop in WoW (random post in this thread).
EVERY person I've ever played MMO's with (as in personally played with..) from UO until now.. is currently in WoW. None of them plan to leave...
I talk about AoC and WAR and they /yawn.
All their friends are in WoW... it actually runs on the computers they can afford etc etc
I'd agree that there is a certain player that hates WoW and makes posts that are relatively the same as people who hate SOE... or whatever random product.
Perhaps it upsets them.. that the game they enjoy isn't doing well.. or that the type of game they want won't be made because of the eq/wow clone syndrome among developers... who knows.
I don't really play WoW the first month the game was live I was 60. Joined a guild where the GM had been in the beta since day 1... he was going to be shipped somewhere after the first month so rushed us through... and I really didn't play again.
But.. as I said everyone I know (including friends that live nearby) plays WoW... I'm actually logged into DAoC atm... but I dont' know anyone there anymore lol
Funny, my WoW Guild mostly has quit WoW waiting for the next mmo's to release, we just play for something to do, I'm gonna drop my WoW account the moment I get in Beta OR the game launches. That goes for a whole lot of folks I know.
Always change your signature.
Casual gamers and people who startet mmos with wow might stay but the more hardcore crowd who already had a server full of chars when BC came out have been looking for a new game for a long time.
Just hope war aoc or aion deliver as good gameplay as wow did we need a breath of fresh air.
Anecdotal evidence isn't reliable evidence.
Notice he talks about how foolish it was for the OP to create this thread,but yet he reads it and then responds to it. If it was foolish then why did he stop what he was doing to read it and respond. Looks like it interested him to me lol.
Wishful thinking
World of Warcraft is a awesome mmo if you like to play with hundreds of players at one spot, I am playing it atm.
I've played SWG, EQ2, CoH/CoV and GuildWars, all of them exept GW is laggin like shit when you have more than 20 players at one spot.
My old guild in EQ, when they are raiding, they have to lower their graphics so they can raid.
In SWG the server almost crashed when people has a full guild meeting. When we did pvp in Bestine, it took me more than 10 secs to walk 1 meter.
Why would anyone pay for a game that requires you to lower you grahic's and lag you out while trying to raid?
With WoW i dont have that problem, sure the graphics arent state of the art, but they do it's job more than well.. I have lots of addons running with my warlock, but i dont have to lower my res or my graphics when i do a instance.
So my say is done, i love to play WoW and like they said before me, World of Warcraft might even through EQ from the throne as the longest MMO played ever....
/salute to StormRage server..
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
Because WoW is the only decent MMO out there, and people who got done with it would like something new.
calling for its downfall reassure them, they believe if wow falls, then someone must fill the empty spot with a new game...
I'm one of those people!
My addiction History:
>> EQ1 2000-2004 - Shaman/Bard/Wizard/Monk - nolife raid-whore
>> WoW 2004-2009 + Cataclysm for 2 months - hardcore casual
>> Current status : done with MMO, too old for that crap.
Anecdotal evidence isn't reliable evidence.
I must be on a more advanced server then.
Always change your signature.
WoW is undying. Blizzard makes too much money to kill it anytime soon. The game is very well put together and very solid. The game has so much end game content and the classes differ so much that you will never get bored of it. Level a character to 70. Gear it out good. Then repeat. Plus, with the expansion packs coming out it will just bring more players. The game is not going to die. Period.
ive played every class to 60 pre bc and i was bored as hell.
So that's 14$ a month they WON'T get...Big deal.
Well the point has been made before me. Really old games are still around and doing fine. I don't see any game closing the servers. Honestly i was surprised to see Auto Assault colse but i'm sure they had their reasons.
-Would you like cheddar or swiss cheese?
-Yes.
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Why the hell would you lvl all the classes to 60 if you were bored? That sure is a dumb excuse to keep playing.
People who think WOW is dying are either trolling or delusional.
Well that statement is wrong.
In Jan 2007, WOW has ~3.5M users in US + Europe. Here is the link:
http://www.blizzard.com/press/070111.shtml
In Jan 2008, WOW has ~4.5M users in US + Europe. Here is the link:
http://digg.com/pc_games/World_of_Warcraft_Hits_10_Million_Subscribers_2
I would not call an INCREASE of 1M users in a year "huge drops in the Western population".
At least 2 servers are not going anywhere. I encountered 255 waiting queue on both Doomhammer and Gorefiend for a few days now.
Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!
The folks that say that WoW is in trouble don't REALLY believe it. They are just brainless trolls trying to make trouble. They are the same set of folks that attacked EQ when it was on top. They just don't like anyone but themselves succeeding and will make every attempt to tear down the leaders.